Improvement in shot-cartridges



C. E. SNEIDER.

Improvement in Shot-Cartridges.

No. 131,189. Patented S ep.1 0,1872,

301mm "WM I '11 CHARLES E. SNEIDER, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AnnfDUNoAN c. CL RK, 0F SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHGTCARTRIDGES.

s ecification forming part tr Letters Patent No. 131,189, dated-September 10", m2.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SNEIDER,

of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Securing the Oharge'in" Metallic .IGartridge-Gases; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had't'o the accompanying drawin'gmaking p'artof thisspeci'fication,-inwhich V V Figural represents in perspective a-completedcartridge. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through the same.

Shot-cartridges,.by transportation, or thejars or concussions they are: subjected to, are apt to become loose, which notl only creates inconveniences but is wasteful and dangerous. Turning in the top of the cartridge-case and folding it down uponth'e top of the Wed or charge will hold in the charge; but this involves two'operations which are objectionable. First, the top of the case must be trimmed off,- so as to have just enough and not too much to the old plans, and perfectly secure-thecharge in the case without trimming off any portion, andwithcut changing its length, while I can reuse the cases and vary the charges in the cases at pleasure. My invention consists.

in the use oftwo or more wires or thin strips of metal secured to the base of the shell or' case, and extending up to or above the top of saiducase or the charge therein, so that when the top wad or its substitute is put in the ends vof the wires or strips may be interlocked, and

so securely hold the charge in the case.

To enable others skilled in the art .to make anduse my invention I will proceed" to at scribe the same with reference to the drawin g.

' or. represents a metallic cartridgease, in the bottom of which is fastened a cup or base, b,

in a recess, a, of which, the cap or fulminate by which the-cartridge is fired is placed. Underneath this base, or fastened to it, before. it

is secured in its position in the bottom of the case, are arranged the wires or strips 0 e, which extend upward in'the case or beyond it a sufficient distance to interlock. or fasten their upper ends over the charge or top wad after they are placed in the case. r

In the drawing, (1 represents the powderf,

thepowdcr-wad; '9', the shot; and t, the s (itwa It will be perceived that the charge is fast-; ened in the case without cutting off or disturb.- ing the top portion of the case, so that in recharging the case the-charge can be increased or diminished, while the case will always 00-.

cupy thesame position in thehhamber or bore of the gun, which it would not do when trimmed off to befolded in over the charge.

The wires or strips may have one or two twists or interlockings, just sufficient to hold the charge in place, but to yield when the cartridge is fired, though they will break if they do not yield,without further injury or'trouble than the mere replacing of them when the cartridge is recharged, while if they yield or untwist only the same ends may be reused.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I'claim therein as new, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is- In combination with metallic cartridgecase, the wires or strips fastened therein, for the purpose ofsecuring the charge in the case by twisting, interlockin g, or fastenin gthe ends of said wires or strips over the charge, substantially as described.

. CHARLES E; SNEIDER.

Witnesses SAML. J ARDEN, Jrzo. It. TALIAFERo.

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